HUMP Day Hops!

Summertime, and the blogging is FUN! Especially on Wednesdays with Joyce and the Hodge Podge and Patrice on her porch for a chat! Pull up a chair and join in the fun. Oh, and click the buttons too!

1. Summer officially rolls in with the Hodgepodge this week, for those of us in the Northern hemisphere anyway. What song says summer 2012 to you? This one- summer in the south and all----

2. What's your favorite quintessential summer food? Anything involving fresh veggies straight from the garden. In particular- tomato and/or cucumber sandwiches! Oh, and strawberry shortcake! And watermelon! And....LOL

3. I've spent a lot of time traipsing up and down the NJ Turnpike in recent weeks. Did you know the rest areas on the turnpike are named after people who lived or worked in NJ? Clara Barton, Walt Whitman, James Fenimore Cooper, Molly Pitcher, Joyce Kilmer, Thomas Edison, and Gover Clevland just to name a few. Of those I listed, who would you most like to have known and why?Walt Whitman...wait, James Fenimore Cooper...it's a toss up! I have this thing for writers- especially those I can actually understand. Wait---didn't Kilmer write "Trees"---because I have to add him to the list now. I don't know- they all have something exciting about them that I'd like to discuss! 

4. At what age did you move out of your parent's house and what prompted the move?18. College! WooHoo! I was so ready and I never looked back!

5. What's more satisfying to you-saving time or saving money? Ha! Well, since I totally suck at saving either of those----how about BOTH!

6. Name something you think brings out the good in people.Greeting them with a smile seems to always work to improve their mood and, with an improved mood comes a happier person. And witnessing a good deed.

7. This last question comes to you courtesy of Kathy over at Reflections...will you be taking a vacation or a staycation this summer? If so where will you go? If a staycation is on the calendar have you made any special plans to fill the time? We never vacation or staycation. We are quite boring- we just do the same things year 'round.

8. Insert your own random thought here. I've located a holistic vet for Tucker. She's coming for the first time next Wednesday! That's right- she comes to us! It costs about the same thing for her to come here as it does for me to take Tuck to the vet we've been using. And I like him BUT- they just did a renovation (that I don't think they needed to do) and are pushing us to send them new clients to help pay for it AND his office is, in my opinion, WAY over staffed. So I'm paying for a new look and too many employees. I don't like that. 


And while we're on the subject of dogs, Birdie's dog, Strider, is with us while Birdie is all important and being the head trainer at the Lundy Soccer camp in NC. Strider is a great dog but I'm ready for him to leave. He is too good at putting guilt trips on me. This morning was a run morning so I go first to run and then come back and get the dogs. Strider met me at the door with leash in mouth and I had to tell him he had to wait until I got back from my run. If you could have seen the look on his face! I nearly skipped the run. Sheesh.

QUESTIONS

1. Do you ever go on picnics? When was the last one? Do you go somewhere with benches and tables, or do you take your own blanket? I haven't been on a picnic in AGES. I used to take the lovelies every single day in the summer and we would either go to the beach or just have one in the back yard. Mostly, we went to the beach!
2. What's your favorite tropical fruit? Don't even have to think about it----Pineapple!
3. Wendell would like me to ask you if you've ever ridden a horse? Any pony rides as a child? Yes and I loved it! Nothing fancy, just riding around the pasture or down a country road. But it was big fun!
4. Describe the purse you are currently carrying. If you don't use a purse, what color is your wallet? I just carry a zippered key chain- it's big enough to hold my driver's license and various cards. It's a Vera Bradley and it's the Cafe Latte pattern.
5. Please tell me the last funny thing that you just recently remembered. This can be something funny that happened to you in the past, or just something funny that you remember.My brother and I were just talking about the time our parents were out and all of us were home. We were in our teens and Tony walked past the den window and hit the floor immediately and whispered yelled for us to, "GET DOWN, THERE'S SOMEONE OUTSIDE!" We freaked out and were trying to discuss what our options were. Tony decided to stand up and check it out and, as soon as he did, he saw the person again. Well, you've probably figured out by now that it was HIS REFLECTION in the window NOT an intruder. We laugh about it now but, at the time, it scared the crap out of us. And yes, my other brothers and I didn't let him live it down until...well, we still haven't.

Have a fantastic Wednesday y'all!